Macroeconomic policy is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a handson approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. MBA and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policieson variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful. A unique feature of this book is the extensive use of specially written ‘newspaper’ articles designed to simulate current macroeconomic news. Each chapter contains exercises that enable the reader to relate specific underlined passages in these articles to the theory presented in preceding chapters. INDICE: Foreword by Dr. W. Michael Cox.- About the Author.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction and Overview of the Second Edition.- National Income Accounts.- Budget Deficits, Trade Deficits and Global Capital Flows.- Aggregate Demand.- Demand Side Stabilization.- Long Term Interest Rates, the Yield Curve, and Hyperinflation.- ISLM.- The Classical Model.- The Keynesian Model.- The SupplySide Model and the New Economy.- Central Banks and Monetary Policy.- References.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-77665-1
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 488
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés